Interstellar Energy Tycoon

"Energy main road, energy main road?"

"Understood, I understand!"

Zhang Xiangfeng murmured for a while, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, feeling like he was enlightened.

Immediately put the mouse arrow on a light sail reflector, drag it, and place it on a perfect circular track.

Then drag the second and third light sail reflectors to the track position, and adjust the distance between the three light sail reflectors.

Let them be equally spaced in pairs and arranged in an equilateral triangle.

Finally, adjust the reflection angle of the light sail mirror, so that a beam of light hits it at an acute angle of 60°, and then reflects to the mirror on the other side, and then reflects at an angle of 60°, forming an equilateral triangle closed beam loop. formed.

A large amount of light energy is stored in the form of this optical path, and it is no longer meaninglessly scattered into the universe, which is difficult to realize utilization.

Moreover, when Zhang Xiangfeng hit the high-energy short-wave emitted by twenty light energy harvesting converters at a suitable angle on the giant mirror-like light sail reflector, a steady stream of yellow light beams were added to the light beam circuit.

The beam of light became thicker and thicker.

The brightness is getting higher and higher.

Until a certain upper limit is reached and no further growth is possible.

The main road of energy is thus completed.

Seeing the energy trunk of this equilateral triangular structure, like a bright yellow border, enclosing the sun, looks quite spectacular.

Zhang Xiangfeng sighed: "This design is too ingenious. The light energy is not easy to save, but it would be good to design a closed loop to let the light bounce continuously inside. No wonder it is called the 'energy main road'."

"Blade, why is there an upper limit to the light energy stored in this energy main road, why can't it store light energy indefinitely?" Zhang Xiangfeng asked curiously again.

"Because the more light energy stored, the greater the pressure on the light sail, and even if only one ten-thousandth of the light energy is absorbed by the mirror, there will be overheating problems. In addition, the size of the mirror is limited, and it is impossible to reflect all light waves. There will be about 1% reflection dissipation, and after 100 reflections, the dissipation is basically gone, that is, the energy that can be stored is about 33 closed optical paths."

"Then how to increase the upper limit of stored light energy?"

"There are many ways, you can increase the area of ​​the light sail mirror, you can expand the diameter of the orbit, or set up the second, third, and fourth energy trunk roads to build a huge energy backbone network, so that no matter in the solar system It is very convenient to use light energy in any position, even in the icy area behind the Coboy belt.”

"I understand that as long as there are more energy main roads, the more energy can be stored. I just need to build the main roads like crazy."

"NoNo, the energy main road cannot be built casually. Once it is blocked by an object, the entire network may collapse. In addition, the energy main road cannot cross, which will cause energy interference and cause system instability... In short, the energy main road The road is quite fragile, you must carefully design and protect it. In addition, if a commercial competitor appears during the game and lets him occupy the key energy main road, your energy business will be seriously affected, resulting in If you can’t expand, or even go bankrupt, you must be careful about every move of your competitors.” Madara reminded.

"Fuck, what should I do? Can I use force to kill my competitors directly?"

"Although the solar system is huge, there can only be one person who can monopolize the sun. My reminders are enough. Keep exploring."

After speaking, Madara will never speak again, at least for a period of time, will remain silent.

At this moment, Zhang Xiangfeng's wife called him over to eat and stop playing.

"Okay, let's eat right away."

He also apologized to the fans and audience, and temporarily withdrew from the live broadcast room, and he will fight again in the afternoon.

...

afternoon.

Live play continues.

Zhang Xiangfeng, who successfully built the main energy road, finally opened his mind and knew how to play.

The first is to make money.

With the help of the relay function of two energy relay satellites, he sold the light energy to the civilized planet, but after layers of conversion, and how high-energy short-wave will penetrate the atmosphere and reach the ground receiving station of the civilized planet, how will it be? As much as 40% of the energy loss results in only a mere 75KW of usable power at the user end, making no money at all.

what to do?

There are two ways.

One is to recharge directly into the game. You only need to recharge 100 yuan to exchange it into 10 billion federal coins. In the game mall, there are 10 million light energy collection converters, 100 million light sail reflectors, and energy There are also 100 million relay satellites. As long as you recharge 100 yuan, you can expand your energy business several times.

The second is that the player controls a small mining spaceship, goes to the asteroid belt to mine, and then sells the mineral resources to the Federation to make money. This money-making efficiency is relatively high. The player can earn about 1 billion by mining for an hour.

As for the energy used by the mining spacecraft, it is the light energy that hits the surface of the spacecraft transmitted by two energy relay satellites, which greatly saves the energy consumption of the spacecraft itself.

As a prostitute, Zhang Xiangfeng chose to go to the asteroid belt to mine. In two hours, he earned 2.2 billion federal coins.

He exchanged these incomes for 100 light energy harvesting converters.

Another 6 light sail reflectors and 6 energy relay satellites were purchased, and a new main energy road was constructed.

His energy industry suddenly expanded several times.

The effective power that can be transmitted to the civilized planet has increased to 355KW, but it still cannot cause any disturbance in the energy market of the civilized planet.

However, it has attracted the attention of some forces on the civilized planet and appeared in media news reports.

Xingkong TV station said: "It's a very whimsical approach, actually thought of collecting and using the energy of the sun, but our entire civilized planet can only get one-six billionth of the sun's light. How much can you collect? It's just a whimsical idea."

Federal Energy Weekly commented: "It's kind of interesting, this guy seems to be a little bit interesting, but it's just a trick and can't be put on the table."

Guangming TV said: "In the federal energy market, commercial nuclear fusion power generation accounts for 99%, and the comprehensive power generation cost has been reduced to 0.1 federal currency per kilowatt-hour. Everyone can enjoy the convenience brought by cheap energy. This person who is thinking about the sun, Stop, don't waste resources, do meaningless things."

Daily News: "Stop polluting our sun! We don't want to see the surroundings of the sun. A triangular frame will appear today, and a hexagonal frame will appear tomorrow. Stop this boring performance art!"

During the game.

In Zhang Xiangfeng's ears, he heard more and more various news comments, but most of them were ridicule and criticism, and there was hardly a single good word.

There are also some federal congressmen, driven by public opinion, that they want to ban space performance art. Once passed, his energy career will be seriously affected.

These negative public opinions made Zhang Xiangfeng breathless. While manipulating the small mining spaceship, he continued to mine desperately to make money, while continuing to purchase energy equipment, expand his energy industry, and sell the excess effective power to civilized planets. Only hundreds of thousands of KW of generating power can be sold, bringing very meager income.

Fortunately, on the civilized planet, there are many islands, deserts, plateaus, and sparsely populated areas. The construction cost of power grids in these areas is very high, and there is no way to use cheap nuclear fusion power generation. Zhang Xiangfeng's energy company can just fill this area. The market can still sell at a slightly higher price, and it is not that there is no market space.

Secondly, the use of energy relay satellites to launch high-energy short-waves, penetrate the atmosphere nearly 200 kilometers thick, and send light energy vertically to the ground. Although the loss rate exceeds 40%, there are also some advantages, that is, there is no need to build a complicated transmission network. Moreover, the advantages of fast response speed, fewer maintenance personnel, high safety factor (high-energy short-wave is harmless to the human body) and no terrain restrictions are all incomparable to nuclear fusion power generation.

next three days.

Zhang Xiangfeng is completely addicted to this game, playing the game for an average of fourteen hours a day, which can be described as a severe Internet addiction.

Although in the eyes of most viewers in the live broadcast room, this game is actually quite boring. It is about mining, building a space energy network, selling electricity to civilized planets, and listening to those noisy news comments. It's an exciting scene, but the up master Lao Tudou is extremely fascinated by playing it, as if he has a special magic power.

During the period, the smart assistant Madara also bubbled up and spoke several times, suggesting that Zhang Xiangfeng open a cloud server hosting service, which only costs 99 yuan a month, but the game can run 24 hours a day, and the construction speed will be significantly accelerated, but Zhang Xiangfeng refused. He is not bad for the 99 yuan. One piece, but I just like whoring for nothing, at worst, I will live a little longer every day.

Madara also suggested a few times that it is best to recharge a few hundred yuan to speed up the development, otherwise when competitors react, they will soon be at a disadvantage. Zhang Xiangfeng still ignores it. It is just a routine for game developers to make money. He will not fooled.

And under the crazy explosion.

On the fourth day of the game, a large number of energy main roads have been densely distributed around the sun. The effective power that can be transmitted to the civilized planet has increased to as much as 10,000 megawatts, and there is a surplus. In order to sell more electricity, Zhang Xiangfeng lowered the price of electricity, which is 0.01 federal currency lower than the price of nuclear fusion power.

Buzz.

The news media immediately exploded.

Star TV said: "The cost of using solar power to generate electricity is lower than commercial nuclear fusion for the first time. The energy industry is about to change! The most terrifying opponent is coming. If no action is taken, the energy structure of the Federation will be subverted!"

Federal Energy Weekly: "The development of the space energy industry must be banned immediately. This is simply cheating. First, it disrupts the market with low prices, obtains a monopoly position, and then raises prices wantonly. The victims will only be the citizens. We cannot tolerate it." This behavior continues."

Guangming TV: "The sun belongs to each of us, not to a certain company. From now on, we must impose heavy taxes on solar energy companies, or raise prices, and compete fairly. We must not break the rules of the market like this!"

Daily News: "Perhaps this path of development is right. We should consider entering this field as well, forming a competitive relationship with solar energy companies, and not allowing them to enjoy exclusive advantages."

Faced with raging public opinion, under Madara's suggestion, Zhang Xiangfeng had to spend 100 million federal coins, and hired a top lawyer to fight for his company, trying to avoid restrictive laws from the federation, as long as it can be delayed , Zhang Xiangfeng has the confidence to have the last laugh.

This approach is effective. In the endless battle of words, within a short period of time, the federal government is indeed unable to introduce laws to restrict him.

But competitors have emerged in large numbers.

Just left halfway to eat lunch.

When Zhang Xiangfeng came back to look, he was dumbfounded. On the game map, around the stars and the sun, a large number of unfamiliar energy main roads appeared densely, in red, green, and purple colors, and the number of light energy collection converters also increased by dozens. Wantai, some energy main roads, even contacted and crossed with the main energy roads he set up, and serious interference occurred, causing more than half of the light sail reflectors to lose their normal functions, and the collected effective power dropped sharply. His The energy industry has been severely damaged!

"How did this happen? In less than half an hour, how come there are so many competitors?"